Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu‘s corporate and M&A group is especially known for its experience in handling high-value transactions for both domestic and international clients, in particular cross-border transaction work. The team offers a full service to clients in industries spanning the real estate, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, electronics, telecoms, energy, and technology sectors, with recent work involving assisting a Japan-based international manufacturer with an acquisition spanning three jurisdictions. Hiroshi Mitoma and Yuko Tamai jointly lead the team, which also includes Tomohiko Iwasaki, Shuichi Nishimura, Takahiro Oishi and Wataru Matsumoto; Oishi and Matsumoto were promoted to the partnership in January 2023.

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Key clients

  • Toshiba Corporation
  • Panasonic Corporation
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.
  • Nitto Denko Corporation
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co.
  • Bain Capital
  • Mitsubishi Corporation
  • The Carlyle Group
  • Unison Capital, Inc.
  • Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
  • Shimizu Corporation
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation
  • Dentsu Group Inc.
  • Sumitomo Corporation
  • SoftBank Corp.
  • Isuzu Motors Limited
  • Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
  • Toyota Motor Corporation
  • Sony Corporation
  • Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
  • NTT DATA Corporation
  • Ricoh Company, Ltd.
  • Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
  • CVC Capital Partners
  • Advantage Partners
  • PAG Japan Limited
  • KKR

Work highlights

  • Acted as lead counsel for the board of directors and the special committee of TOSHIBA CORPORATION on its acquisition by a consortium led by JIP.
  • Acted as sole counsel to a consortium consisting of NTT Anode Energy Corporation and JERA Co., Inc., in its acquisition of Green Power Investment Corporation from Pattern Energy Group LP.
  • Advised The Nagano Bank, Ltd. on its business integration with The Hachijuni Bank, Ltd. through a share exchange.

Lawyers

Leading partners: Bengoshi
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Hiroshi Mitoma, Yuko Tamai

Other key lawyers

Tomohiko Iwasaki, Shuichi Nishimura, Takahiro Oishi, Wataru Matsumoto